* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. READY? YEAH. OKAY. UM, [1. Call to order and roll call of members] I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING. UM, ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS. UM, ME, AMELIA. I'M HERE. BETSY ROBINSON. I'M HERE. CAPTAIN TRAVIS LAD HERE. PERFECT. UH, WE HAVE THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF PEOPLE. LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING. [2. Approval of minutes for September 17, 2025, committee meeting] UH, LET'S LOOK AT THE MINUTES NEXT FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES. IF YOU GUYS WANNA TAKE A LOOK, REVIEW THE MINUTES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOTION TO APPROVE I SECOND PAST. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING AND [4. Statistics from September 2025, through October 2025, from Lynette Bodmer] WE WILL MOVE ON TO STATISTICS. FANTASTIC. UM, SO THIS PERIOD IS JUST, UH, FOR TWO MONTHS THIS TIME SINCE WE JUST MET IN SEPTEMBER. MM-HMM . UM, SO THE STATS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE FOR SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. UM, WE DID HAVE, UH, ABOUT 200 DOGS COME IN IN SEPTEMBER. MOST OF THOSE ARE GONNA BE STRAY DOG INTAKE. UM, AND THEN FOR, UH, CATS WE HAD ABOUT 300 CATS COMING IN. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ALSO STRAY, UM, BUT A SLIGHTLY SMALLER PERCENTAGE. AND WITH, UM, OUTGOING NUMBERS, WE HAD ABOUT THE SAME NUMBERS, UM, OF INCOMING AND OUTGOING, UH, WHICH IS WHAT WE GENERALLY LIKE TO SEE. HELPS US KEEP OUR NUMBERS BALANCED. YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THAT THE OUTGOING CAT NUMBERS, UM, WE HAD ALMOST AS MANY FOSTER PLACEMENTS AS WE HAD ADOPTIONS JUST OFF BY ONE. SO FOSTER, UM, CAT FOSTERING WAS VERY BUSY. SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE SAW NUMBERS AS HIGH AS WE SAW IN MAY. SO WE HAD A SUDDEN RESURGENCE OF KITTEN SEASON AND, UH, WE HAD ABOUT 40 DOG DAY GETAWAYS IN THAT PERIOD. ABOUT 200 ADOPTIONS AND 150 ANIMALS THAT TOOK FOSTER CARE. 738 ANIMAL PROTECTION CALLS. 114 ANIMALS RETURNED TO HOME AND 38 ANIMALS MICROCHIP WERE PROVIDED ID TAGS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE CURRENTLY SITTING AT ABOUT 7% OVER CAPACITY AS OF MONDAY IN OUR DOG KENNEL AND AT ABOUT 43% IN OUR CAT KENNELS. UH, THE CAT ARE CONTINUING TO COME IN, BUT THEY'RE GOING OUT JUST AS FAST. SO WE'RE STAYING IN A COMFORTABLE LEVEL. THAT'S OUR STAFF. ALRIGHT. DO YOU MIND CLICKING? MM-HMM . UH, [5. General shelter updates from Amelia Nusbaum] GENERAL SHELTER UPDATES AND STAFFING UPDATES. OUR ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN, CREW LEAD, UM, JOB DESCRIPTION. IT'S ACTUALLY HAS JUST BEEN PASSED, UH, TODAY, SO IT'S NO LONGER PENDING APPROVAL. WE ARE JUST WAITING TO GET IT POSTED SO WE CAN HIRE FOR THAT POSITION. AND ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIANS. UM, INTERVIEWS STARTED, UM, LAST WEEK FOR THE FULL-TIME POSITION AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A DECISION BY THURSDAY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO OPEN POSITIONS AT THIS MOMENT. UM, STAFF AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING. WE HOSTED OUR LAST SESSION OF COMPASSION FATIGUE WITH A CERTIFIED COMPASSION FATIGUE SPECIALIST. UH, AND WE HOPE TO RENEW THAT AGAIN AND THEN COME IN YEAR AFTER WE TAKE A BETTER LOOK AT OUR FUNDING. WE ALSO CONTINUED OUR MONTHLY ALL STAFF MEETING, ALL STAFF TRAINING MEETINGS, AND THIS, UH, RECENT MONTH WE INCLUDED INTAKE PROCEDURES, WHICH COVERS ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO FROM BEGINNING AND TO END IN REGARDS TO VACCINES AND HANDLING AND DATA ENTRY WITH OUR NEWEST COMMUNITY COORDINATOR, UM, WHO JOINED US JUST TWO MONTHS AGO. YEP. SHE JOINED IN AUGUST VERY RECENTLY, VERY RECENTLY. UM, SHE, I ASKED HER TO PLEASE PROVIDE SOME UPDATES SINCE SHE HAS STARTED. SO THIS IS SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT CONTENT ENGAGEMENT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, I'LL READ, REVIEW THE BULLET POINTS RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SO SINCE STEPPING INTO THE MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR ROLE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, THERE IT IS. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE HAS GROWN BOTH IN REACH AND ACTIVITY WITHOUT LOSING ENGAGEMENT. FROM SEPTEMBER 17TH THROUGH THE NOVEMBER 10TH, FACEBOOK POSTS JUMPED 214% AND INSTAGRAM CONTENT GREW 162. SO COMBINED, WE NEARLY TRIPLED THE POSTS, SAW A 75% INCREASE IN ENGAGEMENT AND REACHED 78% MORE PEOPLE. DESPITE ALL THAT GROWTH, OUR OVERALL ENGAGEMENT STILL HEADS STUDY AND SHOWING THAT OUR RECENT AUDIENCE SHOWING THAT OUR RECENT AUDIENCE CONTINUES TO STAY CONNECTED AND RESPONSIVE, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO SPAN OUR REACH. SO, GREAT JOB. UH, WE THOUGHT, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AT ALL THAT SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO HELP US WITH LATELY. MM-HMM . UH, WE HAD OUR DAY OF THE DOG EVENT. UH, IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AS YOU CAN SEE. UM, WE HELD A COSTUME CONTEST. THOSE GUYS WERE THE WINNERS. SO THIS ANNUAL CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER OUR VOLUNTEERS, OOPS. [00:05:01] I'M SORRY. GO HELP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HIT. WELL, I'LL CONTINUE READING. OKAY. UM, THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION THAT BRINGS TOGETHER OUR VOLUNTEERS FOSTERS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ADOPTERS TO HONOR THE LEGACY OF PETS WHO HAVE TOUCHED OUR LIVES AND HEARTS WAS ANOTHER SUCCESS. THE THREAT OF BAD WEATHER DIDN'T STOP OUR TEAM, THE VENDORS, THE COMMUNITY, OR THAT COSTUME PETS FROM JOINING US FOR A TRULY A SPECIAL EVENING. AND WE WERE EXCITED THAT THE, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF RAIN AFTER ALL. SO WE HAD A, A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TURN OUT. OH, THERE WE GO. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO. . THAT'S TRYING TO HAVE THAT PLAYING WHILE YOU TALKED. IS THERE A SOUND? UM, IT DOESN'T NEED IT. IT'S JUST LIKE MUSIC. GOT IT. UM, AND IT'S VERY SHORT, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE RECAP. IT'S SO FUN. THAT'S THE WHATABURGER. MM-HMM . THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT COSTUMES. YEAH. TAIL TALK. WE HOSTED ANOTHER ONE. UM, SINCE WE LAST DISCUSSED IT, WE, SO JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT TAIL TALK IS. OUR INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM. UH, THIS TIME IT INCLUDED KRISTA, OUR NEW, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA OR MARKETING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR JOINED AS WELL. SO THEY WORKED TOGETHER TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY TIES. THEY HOSTED THEIR SECOND EVENT FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEERING, FOSTERING, AND THE MANY WAYS PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT THE SHELTER'S MISSION. THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THEY HELPED ATTENDEES AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT MATCHED THEIR INTERESTS AND THE SHELTER'S NEEDS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANIMAL LOVERS TO CONNECT. WE HAD ANOTHER HUGE TURNOUT TOO, AND A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO TO RECAP. SORRY, I THOUGHT IT WAS PLAYING WHILE YOU TALKED . LOTS OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THAT'S GOOD. MM-HMM . UH, WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING BLACK FRIDAY COMING UP REAL SOON. UM, THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY SALE YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS. WE OPEN THE DOORS AT 8:00 PM WITH FREE ADOPTIONS SPONSORED BY ME. MAS, UH, DOORBUSTER GIVEAWAYS FOR ALL THE ADOPTERS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST AND MORE FOSTER UPDATES. UH, 52 DOGS WERE ADOPTED FROM FOSTER CARE. THAT IS AMAZING. UH, WE CONTINUE, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, JUST AMAZING OUTCOME FROM ALL OF THE DOGS THAT ARE FOSTERED, UH, TO BE ADOPTED. EVERY SINGLE DOG THAT'S IN A FOSTER CARE HOME THAT IS ADOPTED FROM THEIR CARE SAVES ANOTHER SPACE FOR AN ANIMAL IN THE SHELTER. AND THAT IS HUGE. FOSTER NUMBERS, UH, 40 DOGS AND PUPPIES WERE PLACED IN FOSTER CARE. 90 CATS AND KITTENS WERE PLACED IN FOSTER CARE. 130 TOTAL PETS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE. AND WE ALSO HAD, UM, WE MENTIONED BEFORE THE SLIDE FOR THE NUMBER OF DOG DAY GETAWAYS. MM-HMM . WE HAVE ABOUT 41. OH, THAT ONE DIDN'T PLAY. THIS SHOULD BE A VIDEO OF THE FOSTER PROGRAM. I DUNNO HOW I GOT THE OTHERS TO PLAY. I DON'T KNOW. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS. UM, AND NOW I'VE HIT A BUTTON, I GUESS. THERE WE GO. OKAY. WELL, WE MAY HAVE TO GO OR MAYBE NOT FOSTER UPDATES. UM, WE WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZE DIANE, ONE OF OUR AMAZING FOSTERS WHO SPECIALIZES IN CARING FOR NEONATAL AND MUSH KITTENS AND TOOK IN THREE TINY, TINY BOTTLE BABIES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, SHE NOTICED THEY WERE LOSING WEIGHT AND NOT EATING WELL. CONCERNED AS A GOOD FOSTER WOULD BE. SHE BROUGHT THEM IN, UM, WHERE THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR PAN LUKE, BECAUSE THESE FRAGILE KITTENS STILL REQUIRED AROUND THE GLOCK CARE. THEY COULDN'T REMAIN AT THE SHELTER FOR TREATMENT WITHOUT HESITATION. DIANA SAID, TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND I'LL DO IT AT HOME. WITH A LITTLE TRAINING AND A LOT OF MEDICATION AND ENDLESS DEDICATION, I WOULD ALSO ADD AND PROBABLY VERY LITTLE SLEEP. SHE TOOK THEM HOME TO NURSE THEM BACK TO HEALTH. AND THANKS TO HER CARE, ALL THREE SURVIVED. UH, ON OCTOBER 21ST, THEY RETURNED FOR THEIR FIRST ROUND OF VACCINES, HEALTHY, HAPPY, AND EACH HAVING GAINED ABOUT 125% OF THEIR BODY WEIGHT. HER COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT TRULY MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR THESE TINY FIGHTERS. AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN ADOPTED NOW. I BET THEY ALWAYS GO SO QUICKLY, . UM, JUST SOME AMAZING PICTURES OF OUR PETS IN FOSTER CARE AND THE WONDERFUL HOMES THAT THEY HAVE. UM, SO AFTER 10 MONTHS IN FOSTER CARE AT LCAC WITH A DEDICATED FOSTER GEORGIE PI, UM, ONE OF THE TWO DOGS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TO IDAHO TO FIND, HE WAS RECENTLY TRANSFERRED TO IDAHO TO FIND HIS NEXT CHAPTER, AND THAT'S A PICTURE OF IDAHO , SOME VOLUNTEER UPDATES. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE ONBOARDING PROCESS AND REVIEWING THAT AND UPDATING IT. [00:10:01] WE'RE CERTAINLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN ONBOARDING WITH EMPLOYEE TRAINING. UH, SO WE REALLY HAVE HOPED TO HAVE, UM, A TRANSFORMATIVE PROCESS THAT IS VALUABLE AND EDUCATIONAL. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GREAT VOLUNTEER SUPPORT. UM, ONGOING NUMBERS, UM, ARE WELL OVER LIKE 800 ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MONTH. SO SEPTEMBER WE HAD, UM, OF OVER A THOUSAND IN OCTOBER WAS 9 0 1 HOURS. WE GOT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME FOSTERS LAST TIME. SO WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME VOLUNTEERS. SO WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH, EVERY SINGLE MONTH. AND SO WE WANTED TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THESE GUYS AS WELL. IN AUGUST, SCOTT WAS ONE OF OUR, WHO'S ONE OF OUR CAT VOLUNTEERS WAS NOMINATED. UM, SO HE'S BEEN VOLUNTEERING IN THE CAT AREA FOR A WHILE NOW. THIS IS THE PERSON THAT NOMINATED THEM. AND SCOTT ALWAYS SHOWS SUCH KINDNESS AND IS SO WELCOMING. HE'S AMAZING WITH CATS ALWAYS SO CARING AND GENTLE. HE'S GOT SUCH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, MAKING OUR SHIFTS SUPER UPLIFTING AND YOU CAN TELL HE REALLY CARES. ELI, WHO'S A GENERAL HELP, UH, WHO'S A GENERAL HELP VOLUNTEER. HE IS, UM, ALWAYS THERE TO HELP OUT WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED, UM, EVEN IF HE'S NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. AND SO THE PERSON THAT NOMINATED HIM, THIS VOLUNTEER IS ALWAYS DEPENDABLE AND WILLING TO STEP IN WHEREVER HELP IS NEEDED. WHETHER IT'S COVERING, UM, THE RESOURCE CENTER, KEEPING IT ORGANIZED, OR ASSISTING WITH BRINGING ITEMS IN FROM THE SALLY PORT. THEY CONSISTENTLY SHOW INITIATIVE AND STRONG WORK ETHIC. THEIR RELIABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AND CONTRIBUTES. UH, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE GENUINELY, GENUINELY APPRECIATED. AND EVE, WHO HAS BEEN WITH LCAC FOR OVER SIX YEARS, HER, SHE IS ONE OF OUR DOG WALKERS. SHE, I FEEL LIKE SHE'S THERE EVERY SINGLE MORNING WALKING THEM. UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE HER OUT IN THE FIELDS IF YOU COME UP EARLY IN THE MORNING. UM, THE PERSON THAT NOMINATED HER SAID THAT SHE WORKS PATIENT PATIENTLY WITH MOST FEARFUL AND STRESSED DOG SHELTER DOGS. HER RECOGNITION OF THEIR STRESS AND WILLINGNESS TO SIT WITH TREAT, PROVIDE SPACE, GIVE PETS, TREATS AND LOVE, AND ALLOW THEM TO GO AT THEIR OWN PACE, IS ASPIRING. SHE WILL COME IN EXTRA DAYS AND THE WEEKEND JUST TO KEEP THEM PROGRESSING TOWARD FEELING LESS STRESS AND MORE ABILITY TO GO OUT FOR WALKS AND OTHER ENRICHMENT WHILE ULTIMATELY MAKING THEM MORE ADOPTABLE. CAMPER AND CALLIE ARE THE BEST FOR EXAMPLES OF HER PATIENT WORK WITH BOTH OF THEM INITIALLY, UM, BEING NEARLY PARALYZED IN THEIR KENNELS TO NOW GOING OUT FOR SOME WALKS WITH VOLUNTEERS OTHER THAN EVE A TRUE ACCESSORY AND HOPEFULLY A GOOD OMEN THAT THESE TWO LOVELY DOGS WILL SOON BE ADOPTED. AND WHAT THEY MEANT BY PARALYZED WAS FEAR. THEY WERE REALLY SCARED. OH, WELL, YOUR PHOTOS AREN'T SHOWING. WELL. I HAD WANTED TO SHOW, SHOW SOME, UH, PHOTOS OF THE VOLUNTEERS OUT AND ABOUT. SO MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT NEXT TIME. HAPPY TALES. UH, WE ALWAYS LOVE A GOOD COMMUNITY CAT. UH, RETURN STORY. THIS CAREGIVER, UM, HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF A MALE AND FEMALE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR WHEN WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO, UM, WHEN SHE I GUESS DISCOVERED US AND REALIZED THAT WE COULD HELP OUT. WE WERE HAPPY TO HELP. UM, AND WE ARE STILL WORKING, UM, ON HELPING HER WITH THEIR KITTENS, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THESE GUYS IN THEIR HOME. AND THE LITTLE PUPPY OFF TO THE LEFT, WE GOT AN ADOPTER UPDATE. THEY SENT US, UM, HIS UPDATE THERE AT THE POND. HE'S LIVING HIS BEST LIFE. THANKS TO YOU ALL. WE LOVE OUR BOY. SOME MORE HAPPY TALES. THIS IS ROXY. UM, WE, SO SHE WAS AT LCAC FOR ABOUT A MONTH. MM-HMM . AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT ROXY IS THRIVING IN HER FOREVER HOME. SHE SPENT SOME TIME IN FOSTER CARE. UM, I'M ASSUMING HER FOSTER IS IN THE PICTURE IN THE PINK SHIRT. YES. YES. OKAY. YES. AND SHE EVEN JOINED US AT THE HARVEST FEST WHERE SHE FOUND HER PERFECT MATCH. UM, SO CHECK HER OUT NOW WITH HER NEW SISTER. THEY'RE CUDDLE BUDDIES. GOOD. AND HARPER. SHE WAS ADOPTED IN 2023 AFTER JUST THREE DAYS. UM, OUR SWEET HARPER FOUND HER FOREVER HOME WITH NONE OTHER THAN ONE OF OUR CAT VOLUNTEERS BROTHER BACK IN 2023. AND THEY WANTED ME TO PASS ALONG A LITTLE JOY FROM THEM TO YOU. HARPER JUST CELEBRATED HER ADOPTIVE BIRTHDAY. YEAH. AND THEY MARKED THE OCCASION WITH THE CUTEST PICTURE. EVER. LOVE A GOOD UPDATE. UM, SO SHELTER UPDATES. THIS IS A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR ANIMAL CARE TEAM AND OUR COORDINATORS AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF THESE GUYS. I'M ASSUMING THE APOS AS WELL. UM, HARRIET ARRIVED MID AUGUST AND TREATED AND TREATED BY STAFF FOR SIX WEEKS BEFORE BEING ADOPTED. LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE. LUCKY ARRIVED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER AND TREATED BY STAFF FOR EIGHT WEEKS BEFORE ADOPTION. [00:15:01] ALSO, SUCH A GREAT TURNAROUND. MM-HMM . WE ARE GOING [6. Select next meeting date] TO LOOK AT SCHEDULING THE NEXT MEETING DATE. PROPOSED DATE WILL BE FEBRUARY 18TH. DOES ANYBODY MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOTION TO APPROVE? NO. I'LL SECOND . OKAY. UM, THE OTHER DATES ARE POTENTIAL DATES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE WILL FINALIZE ON IN FEBRUARY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.